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2. Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District - Wikipedia

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   The organization covers over 1,000 square miles and 6 million residents in Los Angeles County and other unincorporated areas. It is one of five mosquito and vector control districts in Los Angeles County. The vector control district's mission is to promote community health, comfort and welfare through effective and responsive vector control.

3. Mosquito control - Wikipedia

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   The pilot demonstrated the successful near-elimination of field populations of the world's most invasive mosquito species, Aedes albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito). The two-year trial (2016–2017) covered a 32.5-hectare area on two relatively isolated islands in the Pearl River in Guangzhou.

4. Vector control - Wikipedia

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   For example, larvicides can be used in mosquito breeding zones; insecticides can be applied to house walls or bed nets, and use of personal repellents can reduce incidence of insect bites and thus infection. The use of pesticides for vector control is promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and has proven to be highly effective. [7]

5. Mosquito-borne disease - Wikipedia

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   Mosquito borne diseases are indirectly contagious, a mosquito needs to get infected from biting a patient first than transfer it to the next thus, they both need to be in the general area. Mosquito control measures during the Panama canal construction provide the only successful case study of reducing from outbreak status s to zero-malaria and ...

6. American Mosquito Control Association - Wikipedia

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   The American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA) is an American nonprofit organization and the world's leading organization dedicated to mosquito control. [2] It was established in Trenton , New Jersey , in 1935 as the Eastern Association of Mosquito Control Workers , obtaining its current name in 1944. [ 3 ]

7. The S&P 500 Recently Hit Another Record High. Should ... - AOL

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   After declining by over 18% in 2022, the S&P 500 has been on a roll for the past two years. In 2023, the U.S. stock market's most important index gained over 24%, and so far in 2024 it has gained ...